Right-veering diffeomorphisms of compact surfaces with boundary

• Autores: Ko Honda, William H. Kazez, Gordana Matić
• Localización: Inventiones mathematicae, ISSN 0020-9910, Vol. 169, Nº. 2, 2007, págs. 427-449
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.1007/s00222-007-0051-4
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• Resumen

  • We initiate the study of the monoid of right-veering diffeomorphisms on a compact oriented surface with nonempty boundary. The monoid strictly contains the monoid of products of positive Dehn twists. We explain the relationship to tight contact structures and open book decompositions.